SEC scheduling based on haves and have nots

2:02 AM,
Jun. 1, 2012

LSU's Alfred Blue runs against the Florida defense.

Written by

Glenn Guilbeau
gguilbeau@gannett.com

DESTIN, Fla. - The Southeastern Conference office did not wake up one day and decide to start treating LSU unfairly because the University of Alabama - located just 48 miles away in Tuscaloosa - told it to.

Yet, this crazy notion is a passionately held belief in some circles of the LSU Nation that has scorched lately with the SEC trying to come up with a new scheduling format as it adds new members Texas A&M and Missouri to reach 14 schools. Some LSU fans as well as football coach Les Miles, athletic director Joe Alleva and outgoing chancellor Michael Martin hoped a new rotation, which will go into ...